#japanese

The second is that the role of China trade in Japanese economy, important as it is, has often been exaggerated, as proven by our experience of the past 6 years. ↗

— Shigeru Yoshida

#china #economy #exaggerated #experience #important

The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral. ↗

— Simon Hoggart

#dinner party #formal #funeral #imperial #japanese

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby. ↗

— Jack Adams

#alerted #american #attacks #carriers #damaging

I especially love French, Italian and Japanese cuisines. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#especially #french #i #italian #japanese

I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#i #japanese #late #literature #missing

私は何ものかが、私を殺してくれるのを待っていた。 ところがそれは、何者かが私を生かしてくれるのを待っているのと同じことなのである。 ――『仮面の告白』より ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#japanese #life #death

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris. ↗

— John C. Danforth

#japanese #lisa #mona #paris #visiting

The Germans are clear about what they do - cars and machine tools; the Japanese are clear about what they do - electronics; the Chinese are clear about what they do - they're the workshop of the world. ↗

— Evan Davis

#cars #chinese #clear #electronics #germans

As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#before #behind #better #both #did

Since my Japanese isn't very good, I had to have an interpreter to communicate with most of the crew. ↗

— John Foster

#crew #good #had #i #interpreter